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The Sonics officially signed Randy Livingston. He will wear No. 14 and is the backup to Mike Wilks. Livingston, 32, said before the game that he hopes this four-game stint will open up another NBA door. Livingston played all year for Idaho of the NBDL and said he could be named the league’s MVP on Thursday. Obviously, Livingston’s days as a major contributor to an NBA team are over but he still could fill a void coming off the bench. …

Sonics officials said they are looking at two or three point guards but it’s likely the club will sign former player Randy Livingston if he passes a physical. Livingston, a former Louisiana prep superstar whose career has been dogged by knee problems, has played all season for Idaho of the NBDL and has been looking for a chance to return to the NBA. …

Well it happened again, another Sonic went crumpling down on the floor in pain and is likely out for the season. Earl Watson landed on the foot of Dikembe Mutombo and bent his left ankle awkwardly and it swelled to the size of a baseball. It doesn’t appear Watson will be back this season. Why would the Sonics want to bring him or Luke Ridnour back to risk further injury when the games are meaningless? The Sonics are going to bring in a guard from the NBDL and it could be Mateen Cleaves who is playing for Bakersfield of the NBDL and at least knows the Sonics system. I think the 28-year-old Cleaves would come back to the NBA for this short stint as he tries to make a summer league team and a roster next year. …

Earl Watson will be in the starting lineup and was shooting jumpers before the game. He sprained his right pinky finger and told coach Bob Hill that he dislocated it but popped it back in. It’s going to take a lot to get Watson out of the starting lineup. He is trying to make an impression to start next season and he has had a solid second half of the season. He has improved in every offensive category. …

The Sonics just announced that guard Ray Allen underwent successful surgery on both ankles Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. The surgery was performed by Dr. Richard Ferkel, who removed bone spurs and loose bodies from each of Allen’s ankles at the guard’s request. …

It may very well be possible that Luke Ridnour played his last game for the Sonics on Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Ridnour will miss the rest of the season with a severely sprained ankle and it’s becoming apparent that the Sonics will have to address the point-guard situation because Ridnour and Earl Watson are not going to want to tolerate this two-headed situation for another season. …

X-rays revealed a left ankle sprain for Sonics guard Luke Ridnour and he will not return. He was hurt with 54 seconds left in the first quarter after landing awkwardly on his left foot after a layup attempt. …

Sonics coach Bob Hill said he is going to stick with Luke Ridnour as a starter for the remainder of the season in an attempt to get Ridnour’s confidence back and his play improved. But it’s becoming obvious that something will need to be done about the point guard situation this summer. Ridnour has four more years on his deal and Earl Watson has three and the two-headed point guard isn’t working effectively, especially if the Sonics want to make the playoffs next season. Hill said the future of the position will be addressed in the summer. …

The Sonics fought hard Wednesday without Chris Wilcox but failed to take advantage of a team that couldn’t hit a shot in the fourth quarter. It’s games such as these that tell why the Sonics are 30-45 and headed for the lottery. If a team scores six points in the fourth quarter, they are supposed to lose. But the Sonics couldn’t make easy layups down the stretch and had to force overtime on an Earl Watson shot with 2.3 seconds left. …

Well no one saw this coming. The Sonics got pounded yet again by a Spurs team that seemed to go through the motions and just wanted to make sure they didn’t get anyone hurt. No San Antonio player looked more than 28 minutes, hence no one scored more than Bruce Bowen’s 18 points. But efficiently, and almost cruelly, they put up 110 points on the Sonics without really exerting much effort. …